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An earlier version of this blog was published in The Conversation. After publication, the authors received valuable feedback which is incorporated into the revised version below. There was so much money sloshing around in Bougainville during 2024 that the stores ran short of goods and people could be found partying until dawn. The region’s economy […]
This is our final blog for the year. We’ll start up again from 6 January 2025. The editorial team of Robin Davies, Amita Monterola, Jackie Hanafie and Sadhana Sen would like to thank everyone who has written for, read, commented on, promoted and supported the Devpolicy Blog in 2024. We would also like to thank […]
The monsoon rains have long been a harbinger of fertility and prosperity in Bangladesh, washing away salinity and bringing shakti, or wellness, to the land. It is perhaps fitting that the mass protests which eventually toppled the Hasina government in August 2024 have been poetically referred to as “the monsoon revolution”. While much has been […]
This is an edited version of a keynote speech delivered to the 2024 Australasian AID conference by Lady Roslyn Morauta, chair of the Global Fund’s board. Today, I want to share my passion for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria – an organisation that exemplifies how performance-driven, multilateral aid can be both […]
This blog is an edited version of the opening address of the 2024 Australasian AID Conference on December 4. Much has been said about the spectacular rise of Asia in the past half century. Many economies in the region have emerged from developing economy status to advanced economy status in one generation. Emerging South and […]
This blog is an edited version of the Mitchell Oration delivered at the 2024 Australasian AID Conference on December 5. The traditional framework for development cooperation is being challenged today in multiple ways, going well beyond just geopolitical contestation between major powers. While growing rivalry between the US and China, with most developing countries caught […]
The integration of artificial intelligence into international development is beginning to move from speculative discussion to practical application. At the 2024 Australasian AID Conference, one session explored how AI tools are being developed and tested to enhance development policy and programming, with potentially interesting implications for how aid organisations analyse problems and make decisions. Two […]
Transparency and accountability are the cornerstones of any effective government program. I am proud to announce the launch of AusDevPortal — a new, online transparency portal dedicated to Australia’s international development work. This transparency uplift is part of the Government’s commitment to ensuring that every dollar of development funding contributes to the outcomes that Australia […]
Australian aid Devpol’s annual Australasian Aid and International Development (AID) Conference has sold out for another year. The conference, delivered in partnership with The Asia Foundation, will take place on 3-5 December and feature four pre-conference events (no registration required), five keynote speakers, and 36 concurrent panels. The 3-Minute Aid Pitch will close the conference. […]
On 20 October 2024, Prabowo Subianto was inaugurated as Indonesia’s eighth president, capping a stunning political comeback from the once-ostracised former general but also marking a new low point for the country’s beleaguered democracy. Prabowo will have little interest in addressing the country’s democratic backsliding of recent years and in fact could see it slide […]